Users can customize search to match their recreation preferences PRATT -- Looking for a place to hike, bike, or camp in Kansas? “Recreation Finder” is now online at maps.kansasgis.org/recfinder/public/index.cfm. This online resource allows users to search a database of more than 450 trails, 3,500 parks, and 12,500 recreation facilities acros ...
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Wildlife and Parks working with stakeholders to contain infestation;
lake-user help essential WICHITA -- The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) has confirmed that zebra mussels have been found in Cheney Reservoir. During routine lake inspections, KDWP district fisheries biologist Jon Stein collected three zebra mussel adults. A ...
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Pleasanton physician's restored forest to host event PLEASANTON -- Recognized as the 2007 Forest Stewardship Tree Farmer of the Year, Dr. Jay Allen, Pleasanton, has planted 25,400 trees on 107 acres and has improved the forest health on almost half of his 114-acre tree farm. He is also eager to help promote sustainable forest management. Lan ...
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Event to support shooting sports, hunter education EMPORIA -- The Flint Hills Friends of the National Rifle Association (NRA) will hold its 2007 annual banquet on Thursday, Sept. 27, at the Anderson building on the Lyon County Fairgrounds. The doors will open at 5:30 p.m., and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. The purpose of this event is t ...
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